Mini truck stop, folks. That’s when someone asks a question and receives a very straightforward answer. No discussion, just business. Today’s Roles Inquisitive Interrogator: Feridun “Best Twitter Handle for CRM MVP” Kadir Pantomath: Adam “Hip Is The Best Source For The Answers” Vero Omniscient Narrator: Carsten “I Can Spell ‘Tipp’ ” Groth The Dialog I.I.: Does […]
Texans are quick to draw, I hear. Today’s tip from Mitch “Texas Baby Oil” Milam just proves that. The absolute quickest method for adding multiple fields to a form is not dragging and dropping. It is double–clicking. Here’s how it works: Select the section within the form where the new fields will be placed. Using […]
Dynamic Excel Export is not working? Remember that you need to have the CRM Outlook Client installed to use the Dynamic PivotTable and Dynamic Worksheet export to Excel workbooks. No Outlook Client or, as it’s known by its full name, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 for Microsoft Office Outlook (that was a mouthful!) – no worky! […]
Today’s slice of CRM wisdom is brought to you by Feridun “Best Twitter Handle for CRM MVP” Kadir: Not all browsers are equal From time to time something in Microsoft Dynamics CRM stops working that I knew for certain used to work. Of old, my first reaction would be to blame the issue on a […]
If you upgrade to CRM 2015 and have custom security roles, those roles will not have permission to view the new hierarchy visualization. To add the permissions to your existing custom roles, use the Role Updater in the XRM Toolbox. Select the role you wish to update, then click “Next.” 2. Search for “Hierarchy” and […]
Scott “Captain Redlaces” Sewell reminds us to name our relationship display names responsibly. Say you have multiple contact lookups on the account form. If you go with the default naming for the related entity navigation, this will create multiple navigation links with the same name. You might be able to get away with this in […]
Another SQL nugget from Gayan “Mr Performance” Perera: If you’re running CRM (any variant) on-premise you can optimize the speed of the system by setting up two management jobs inside SQL. First, update statistics of the organization_MSCRM database every day (outside business hours). Second is to reorganize the indexes of the organization_MSCRM database every 2-4 […]
Gustaf (not V) Westerlund mentions that while it may be attractive to create a team with System Administrator role to simplify security administration, the “inherited” approach is not sufficient to grant users all privileges that they need as System Administrator. For example, users cannot publish Business Rules if they don’t have a user role that […]
Jim “Sourdough Master” Steger sent us a fresh reminder that, despite all the advantages of CRM Online deployments, on premise installations have a few aces up their sleeves when it comes to reporting, and here is one of them: Don’t forget about the ability to schedule SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports when using CRM […]
It’s not you, it’s me This is not a novel way to start a new year but sometimes we do need a fresh start, and that means saying sayonara to the existing partner, would it be either your spouse or your CRM partner. To discuss this sensitive topic, we invited some experts in the field […]
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